Two individuals were sentenced on sexual charges related to children last week in a criminal jury term of Clarke County Circuit Court. A jury had been selected and the trial was about to start when Grady Walker opted to plead guilty to the char More...

Last week’s story on the election contest brought by Maurice Paul in the Democratic primary race between Paul and Elma Averett for the District 1 seat on the county commission said the absentee ballots in that race were “recounted.” More...

Two ASAP ambulance workers were killed in a fiery twovehicle wreck in Greene County, Miss. Tuesday, according to a WKRG-TV report. ASAP is a Mississippi-based company also operating ambulances in Clarke and Washington counties, Alabama. More...

Rockbar Missionary Baptist Church will have a Women’s Conference Saturday, June 28 at 10 a.m. The guest speaker will be Overseer Patricia Lee of the Living Water Full Gospel Church of Buckatunna, Miss. More...

Clarke County High School has released its honors rolls for the 2013- 2014 school year: All A’s Ninth Grade Jacee Anderson Jacob Hodge Shelby Sellers Casen Young 10th Grade Hannah Gates Emily Hucka More...

Troy University has recognized honor students from Clarke County for the 2014 Spring Semester /Term 4. The Chancellor’s list honors students who have earned a 4.0 Grade Point Average during that term. Local students who made the Cha More...

A Tuscaloosa man arrested in Clarke County in September 2013 for stealing zero turn lawnmowers got into even bigger trouble when he stole an AR-15 type firearm. That’s because Marshall Mayhew had numerous prior convictions and was prohibi More...

Members of the Clarke County Commission continue to struggle with the priorities for work by the Road and Bridge Department and the need for more employees to perform that work. The department is currently having trouble hiring truck drivers. More...

James Emory Morgan, 87, of Linden died June 23, 2014 at DCH Regional Medical Center. He was born Nov. 21, 1926 in Florida. He was a member of the Hoboken Baptist Church. He was a retired road equipment operator. More...

Jewel Webb Newton, 69, of Thomasville died June 27, 2014 at Jackson Medical Center. She was born Sept. 11, 1944 in Fulton. She was a member of the Liberty Baptist Church. She was a retired garment manufacturing floor manager. More...

College football coaches have been making their way through Clarke County High School’s football field house this summer . With at least one junior football player that has been offered by Division 1 schools, including an SEC offer, the More...

In olden days, gentlemen sometimes settled their differences with duels— pistols, swords or other weapons of choice. Duels between politicians and elected officials were not uncommon in the early United States. More...

Jackson The following incident reports were recorded by the Jackson Police Department: Harassment was reported on June 11 in the 100 block of Grove Drive. A missing person was reported on June 16. More...